I'm a big fan of having a few laughs at bedtime and DD is a big joker so I just thought I'd start a thread sharing what things our babies/toddlers get a kick out of at bedtime. BTW, I know that some childhood experts don't recommend this and think that it can get them too over-excited but pffft to them, it doesn't interfere with DD going to sleep.
When she was just a few months old, I noticed that she would smile and laugh when I got her wrap ready and sort of shooshed it in the air before putting it on the bed. So that was our first laugh.
When she got a little older, she would roll on to her tummy in her cot and bang her feet up and down - that's her sign that she wants a tickle. So we would have big tickles.
We also have upside down kisses with dad where he will sit on the couch and I will run (it's not really a 'run') holiding DD upside down and he will smother her in kisses.
Now her latest thing is that when she's in her cot, she pokes her hands out of each of the gaps in turn and I have to shake her hand and say "hello, how do you do, pleased to meet you." She loves it. Then when we're finished, I have to say, "is it sleepy time now?" And she makes a big show of nodding her head. So we do that a few times too.
Ahhhh ... bedtime. Sometimes takes a while but I always walk out feeling so lucky to have her.
I prefer bedtime giggles over anything else!! a pffft to the 'experts' as well DD#2 grabs my face when I'm holding her (we sing twinkle little star together - so cute how serious she is with her 'singing') and she'll kiss my nose, my mouth, head etc which makes me giggle, which makes her giggle and then its on! DD is the bestest fake laugher ever!! The hilarious part is how eventually it dissolves into a real laugh! Daddy sometimes comes in and in a fun way says, "excuse me you two, its bedtime" and gives mummy a fun telling off, lol Ah, love it!
Oh we love the giggles here too - Izzy loves her bed and will come to us and say nigh nigh's and grab our hand to take her there! She also regularaly has a huge nudie run around the house after a bath which has her and us in hysterics followed by lovely cuddles and a bottle with daddy to get her calmed down. For day naps we have cuddles and tickles and then quiet cuddles. I lovethat she loves bedtime and sleep and is happy to go to bed on her own!
We love night time giggles too. It all starts when I get DD out of the bath, like Tan's Izzy she does the nudie run down the hall laughing and squeling as I chase her with the towel! Then after her milk, DH puts her to bed and then we all have to play 'peek a boo' with the bars of the cot whilst she laughs hysterically. For some reason this is still funny lol!
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DD#2 grabs my face when I'm holding her (we sing twinkle little star together - so cute how serious she is with her 'singing') and she'll kiss my nose, my mouth, head etc which makes me giggle, which makes her giggle and then its on! DD is the bestest fake laugher ever!! The hilarious part is how eventually it dissolves into a real laugh! Daddy sometimes comes in and in a fun way says, "excuse me you two, its bedtime" and gives mummy a fun telling off, lol 
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